Chlorocnemis pauli

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	ODONATA	PLATYCNEMIDIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chlorocnemis pauli

Species Authority:

Longfield, 1936

Common Name/s:

English

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Orange-tipped Threadtail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Date Assessed:

2009-05-01

Assessor/s:

Clausnitzer, V.

Reviewer/s:

Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Clausnitzer, V., Suhling, F., Samways, M., Samraoui, B., Boudot, J.P., Kipping, J. (Odonata Red List Authority) & Allen, D. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)

Justification:
This is a widespread species with a very large range and no known major widespread threats and therefore assessed as Least Concern. It is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

It is assessed as Near Threatened in central and eastern Africa in view of its restriction to rain forest streams in a limited area (west Kenya to east Democratic Republic of Congo). Although it is currently common in all Ugandan rainforests, from which data are available, further forest destruction will bring this species into a threatened status.

History:

2006	–	Near Threatened (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Near Threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species has been recorded from west Kenya (Kakamega Forest), all rainforests in Uganda and east Democratic Republic of Congo.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population:	Population size is unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Small rainforest streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threats to the species are destruction of forest habitats due to agriculture and wood extraction, and water pollution.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats to the species are destruction of forest habitats due to agriculture and wood extraction, and water pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation measures known but information on taxonomy, population ecology, habitat status and population trends would be valuable. Habitat/site based conservation is also required.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation measures known but information on taxonomy, population ecology, habitat status and population trends would be valuable. Habitat/site based conservation is also required.

Citation:	Clausnitzer, V. 2010. Chlorocnemis pauli. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 April 2014.
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